Viewpoint: Can Global Reinsurers Stay on Track Through 2026? September 16, 2025 By Johannes Bender - S&P Global Ratings During the upcoming renewals, S&P Global Ratings expects a moderate decline in pricing for short-tail lines but that global reinsurers...
Fitch Revises Global Reinsurance Sector Outlook to ‘Deteriorating’ on Rising Competition September 3, 2025 By L.S. Howard Fitch Ratings has revised its outlook for the global reinsurance sector to “deteriorating” for 2026 from “neutral” for 2025, reflecting...
Viewpoint: Why Reinsurance Industry Often Struggles to Manage Market Cycles August 28, 2025 By Robert Wiest “We must maintain underwriting discipline.” This phrase is arguably the most repeated mantra in the reinsurance industry over the past...
To Manage the Cycle Effectively, Focus on Underwriters’ Behavior November 14, 2024 By Tony Buckle and John Carolin Executive summary: When actual prices line up with technical prices, insurers expect underwriting profits to emerge. But what if underwriters...
Soft Commercial Market Ahead: Prepare for Underwriter ‘Herd Behavior’ October 29, 2024 By Tony Buckle and John Carolin Executive Summary: During the period 2013 through 2018, the U.S. did not become less litigious nor did Atlantic sea surface...
Hard Market ‘Supercycle’ Likely to Be Prolonged: Lloyd’s CEO Neal September 6, 2024 By L.S. Howard Now that the market has achieved a first-half profit of £4.9 billion with a combined ratio of 83.7—its best interim...
Hard Reinsurance Prices Likely to Last Longer Than in Previous Market Cycles: Report August 15, 2024 By L.S. Howard Hard reinsurance pricing conditions are likely to last longer than in previous market cycles mainly due to persistently high claims...
What Latest Ivans Index Shows About Commercial Lines Renewal Rate Changes August 7, 2024 All major commercial lines premium renewal rates were higher in July than in June, except commercial property which decreased, according...
Global Q2 Commercial Insurance Rates Remain Flat, Ending 7 Years of Price Hikes: Marsh July 24, 2024 Global commercial insurance rates remained flat during the second quarter of 2024 (down from a 1% increase in Q1 2024),...
What’s to Come in 2024: AI Expansion, More Catastrophes, Network Consolidation February 13, 2024 By Andrea Wells No one can predict the future, but insurance professionals are likely the best qualified when it comes to predicting risk....